What is x when 31 divided by x equals 52?

To find the answer, just divide the dividend by the quotient: 31 ÷ 52 = 0.59615384615385

To prove this, let's compute 31 divided by 0.59615384615385: $\frac{31}{0.59615384615385} = 52$

How does it work?

Asking what the value of x could be when 31 divided by x gives a result of 52, is equivalent to solving the following equation:

$\frac{31}{x} = 52$

Multiply both sides by x: $\frac{31 x}{x} = 52 x$
$\frac{31 x}{x}$ is equivalent to $\frac{x}{x} \times 31$ , which simplifies to $1 \times 31$ (or just $31$ ).
Thus, the equation becomes: $31 = 52 x$
To find x, divide both sides by 52: $\frac{31}{52} = \frac{52 x}{52}$
Which gives, after simplification: $0.59615384615385 = x$ (or $x = 0.59615384615385$ )

So, if the dividend is 31 and the quotient is 52, the divisor is 0.59615384615385.